oobject » 12 diving suits

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http://www.oobject.com/inflatable-diving-suit/

__SPACER__ The arms look somewhat like parts of a kitchen mixer. link » wistit »

http://www.oobject.com/1930s-metal-diving-suit/

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http://www.oobject.com/reconstruction-of-a-diving-suit-designed-by-da-vinci/

__SPACER__ The first suit diving suit concept, complete with lead shoes link » wistit »

http://www.oobject.com/chevalier-de-beauve039s-diving-suit-1715/

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http://www.oobject.com/karl-heinrich-klingert-diving-suit-1797/

__SPACER__ Perfectly incongruous. I love the fact that his pose is exactly as if he wasn't wearing the diving suit. link » wistit »

http://www.oobject.com/edwardian-couple-one-in-a-diving-suit/

__SPACER__ This is a trick item, it’s actually not a diving suit but one of the first high altitude space suits which had to base itself on the only precedent – diving suits. Created in 1935 ...

http://www.oobject.com/deep-sea-diver-suit-from-historical-society-of-washington-dc/

__SPACER__ What appears to be a tent like cloak. How the two items relate to each other here is not clear. I assume one is a diving bell and the other a suit for roaming near it. link » wistit �...

http://www.oobject.com/chauncy-hall-diving-suit/

__SPACER__ This looks like its shopped, but its genuine. Click through for the history. link » wistit »

http://www.oobject.com/amazing-1911-chester-e-macduffee-aluminum-alloy-suit/

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http://www.oobject.com/regenerating-diving-suit-ads-m-de-pluvy-1906/

__SPACER__ It incorporated a canister containing ‘Oxylithe’, a special chemical which when breathed upon gave off oxygen and absorbed carbon dioxide. link » wistit »

http://www.oobject.com/1908-hall-and-rees-submarine-escape-apparatus-1908-hall-amp-rees-submarine-escape-apparatus/

__SPACER__ I love this picture, it combines space age modernity with fisherman smoking pipes. link » wistit »

http://www.oobject.com/neufeldt-und-kuhnke-atmospheric-suits/